Calibrachoa plant named ‘KLECA14265’

ABSTRACT

A new  Calibrachoa  plant particularly distinguished by having red-purple flowers and a semi-upright habit plant form and habit, is disclosed.

Genus and species: Calibrachoa sp.

Variety denomination: ‘KLECA14265’.

BACKGROUND OF THE NEW PLANT

The present invention comprises a new and distinct variety ofCalibrachoa, botanically known as Calibrachoa sp., and hereinafterreferred to by the variety name ‘KLECA14265’. ‘KLECA14265’ originatedfrom a controlled cross conducted in May 2010 in Stuttgart, Germanybetween the proprietary female Calibrachoa variety ‘CA-2009-1319’(unpatented) and the proprietary male Calibrachoa variety ‘KLECA09172’(U.S. Plant Pat. No. 22,152).

In May 2010, seed was collected from the controlled cross between thetwo Calibrachoa parental lines. The seeds were sown and plants weregrown for evaluation in Stuttgart, Germany. A single plant line wasselected in May 2011 which had red-purple flowers and was subsequentlynamed ‘KLECA14265’. In May 2011, ‘KLECA14265’ was first vegetativelypropagated by tip cuttings. ‘KLECA14265’ was found to reproduce true totype in successive generations of asexual propagation via tip cuttings.

SUMMARY

The following are the most outstanding and distinguishingcharacteristics of this new variety when grown under normalhorticultural practices in Stuttgart, Germany.

-   -   1. Red-purple flowers; and    -   2. A semi-upright form and habit.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPH

This new Calibrachoa plant is illustrated by the accompanying photographwhich shows the whole plant, including the habit, the foliage, theflowers, and the buds, and a close-up of the flowers. The photograph isof a four-month-old plant grown in a pot outdoors in Stuttgart, Germanyin July 2013. The colors shown are as true as can be reasonably obtainedby conventional photographic procedures.

DESCRIPTION OF THE NEW VARIETY

The following detailed descriptions set forth the distinctivecharacteristics of ‘KLECA14265’. The data which define thesecharacteristics were collected from asexual reproductions carried out inStuttgart, Germany. Data was collected on 11-week-old plants grown in acontrolled glass greenhouse environment in Stuttgart, Germany in May2013. Color references are to The R.H.S. Colour Chart of The RoyalHorticultural Society of London (R.H.S.) (2007).

-   Classification:    -   -   Family.—Solanaceae.        -   Botanical.—Calibrachoa sp.        -   Common.—Calibrachoa.        -   Designation.—‘KLECA14265’.-   Parentage:    -   -   Female parent.—Proprietary Calibrachoa line ‘CA-2009-1319’            (unpatented).        -   Male parent.—Calibrachoa line ‘KLECA09172’ (U.S. Plant Pat.            No. 22,152).-   Plant:    -   -   Life cycle.—Annual.        -   Form and habit.—Semi-upright.        -   Height (from soil line to top of foliage).—7.0 cm.        -   Spread.—16.0 cm.        -   Propagation.—Vegetatively propagated by tip cuttings.        -   Time to produce a rooted cutting.—3 weeks.-   Stems:    -   -   Stem color.—RHS 145A.        -   Pubescence.—Absent.        -   Diameter.—0.1 cm.        -   Length, from soil line to first node.—1.4 cm.        -   Total length.—8.0 cm.        -   Internode length.—2.5 cm.-   Leaves:    -   -   Arrangement.—Alternate, simple, and sessile.        -   Shape.—Elliptic.        -   Apex.—Obtuse to slightly acute.        -   Base.—Attentuate.        -   Margin.—Entire.        -   Surface.—Smooth.        -   Surface pubescence.—Absent.        -   Venation.—Pinnate.        -   Venation color.—Upper surface: RHS 144A. Lower surface: RHS            145B.        -   Length.—3.0 cm.        -   Width.—0.6 cm.        -   Color.—Upper surface: RHS 141A. Lower surface: RHS 141D.        -   Fragrance.—Absent.-   Flowers:    -   -   Flower type and habit.—Single flowers having determinate            inflorescence.        -   Flowering requirements.—A minimum of light sun is required.        -   Duration of flowers.—6 days.        -   Corolla texture.—Smooth texture.        -   Corolla shape.—Trumpet-shaped.        -   Fragrance.—Absent.-   Flower buds:    -   -   Surface texture.—Smooth.        -   Length.—2.2 cm.        -   Diameter.—0.5 cm.        -   Shape.—Irregular to oblong.        -   Color.—RHS 77A.-   Peduncle:    -   -   Length.—2.5 cm.        -   Diameter.—0.1 cm.        -   Color.—RHS 146D.        -   Texture.—Smooth.        -   Anthocyanin color.—Absent.-   Flower description:    -   -   Flower depth.—3.0 cm.        -   Flower tube length.—2.0 cm.        -   Flower tube diameter.—0.7 cm.        -   Flower diameter.—3.0 cm.        -   Pedicel color.—RHS 146D.        -   Calyx.—Funnel-shaped.-   Sepals:    -   -   Shape.—Lanceolate.        -   Apex.—Acute.        -   Margin.—Entire.        -   Length.—1.5 cm.        -   Diameter.—0.2 cm.        -   Sepal color.—Upper surface: RHS 143A. Lower surface: RHS            143B.-   Petals:    -   -   Shape.—Heart-shaped.        -   Length.—1.3 cm.        -   Apex.—Obverse.        -   Margin.—Entire, weak undulation.        -   Base.—Open and fused into the tube.        -   Pubescence.—Absent.        -   Lobe length.—1.2 cm.        -   Lobe width.—1.5 cm.        -   Lobe color.—Upper surface: RHS N74A. Lower surface: RHS            186B.        -   Corolla tube color.—Inner: RHS 7A. Outer: RHS 7D.        -   Fragrance.—Absent.-   Reproductive organs:    -   -   Stamen number.—5.        -   Stamen color.—Anther color: RHS 13A. Filament color: RHS 2C.            Pollen color: RHS 13A.        -   Ovary.—Placenta arrangement: Ovate. Pistil number: 1. Pistil            length: 0.1 cm. Stigma color: RHS 144B. Style length:            1.0 cm. Style color: RHS 144D.-   Fruit and seed set: Little seed production.-   Disease and pest/insect resistance: None observed.

COMPARISON WITH PARENTAL LINES AND KNOWN VARIETY

‘KLECA14265’ is distinguished from the female and male parental lines asdescribed in Table 1.

TABLE 1 Comparison with Parental Lines Female parent Male Parent Trait‘KLECA14265’ ‘CA-2009-1319’ ‘KLECA09172’ Flower color RHS N74A RHS 65Dand RHS RHS 46C N66D

‘KLECA14265’ is most similar to the Calibrachoa plant named ‘KLECA13251’(U.S. application Ser. No. 14/121,076) and also commercially known asMINIFAMOUS ‘Neo Pink’. Differences between the two varieties aredescribed in Table 2.

TABLE 2 Comparison with Similar Variety Trait ‘KLECA14265’ ‘KLECA13251’Flower color RHS N74A RHS 73A

We claim:
 1. A new and distinct variety of Calibrachoa plant named‘KLECA14265’ as illustrated and described herein.